Delighted to have been featured in the Heart of the Nation section of the Australian Weekend Magazine. I am cautious with journalists. However, Ross Billton, Deputy Editor, the Australian Weekend Magazine, synthesized our 50 minute interview in way whereby when I read it, I felt not a single ounce of tension in his writing. Thanks, Roos

The all encompassing environment of nature moves one towards stillness and inner peace. I have deliberately obscured the location as I wanted the film to create a sense of the universality of nature. This scene could be anywhere. I used no edits. I just allowed each clip to flow into the next to create a sense of the atmosphere on the journey.

In 2020, I was fortunate enough to capture a couple of fur seals romancing on the steps of a rarely used wharf at Chowder Bay Sydney. Harbour. I called the shot - The Stairway to Heaven. One year later, Chowder BaBy! The Chowder Bay fur seal family sun themselves on the steps of their Sydney waterfront home with their new 6 month old offspring as I kayaked past on the weekend.

Mesmerism is a short film capturing a moment in kayaking when suddenly I am breathtakingly embraced in a way only nature in its epicness can. Scott’s Creek entrance from Middle Harbour, Sydney is disguised and not easily found. Yet every time I enter this place - the silence, gentleness of the flow of the water, the light filtering through the trees - creates a sense of entering an ancient place that can only be described as mesmeric.

I love it when I am so surprised by a shot I can't wait to share it!! Brush Strokes from Nature 1 is one of those shots. I had been kayaking in the Clontarf Marina location for weeks because I felt it might offer something. Previous shots in that location hadn't produced anything.

MIke O’Connor, Editor, Australian Photography Magazine, went on a very early morning journey with me to experience my creative practice firsthand. The conversation that evolved whilst we were kayaking in Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia enabled me to expand on the philosophy behind my artwork and how that informs my artmaking.